Stephen stout



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STEPHEN SITUT, OF TREMONT, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 78,154, dated May 19, 1868.

IMPROVED TRACE-HOLDER.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY OONCERN:

Be it known that 1 STEPHEN STOUT, of Tremont, in the county of Tazewell, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and improved Trace-Holder for Harnesses; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full: clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. l

Figure 1 is a top view of my improved trace-holder'attached to a harness.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section ofthe same, taken throilgh the line :e as, fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a cross-section of tt e same, taken through the line y y, iig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has forits object to furnish a neat, simple, and convenient device for attachment to .the-har.`

ness, upon which the traces may be hooked when detached from the whiBie-trec, so as to hold them securely, and prevent their dropping down, and being stepped upon by the horses, or being injured by tying them; and it consists in attaching t0 the harness, directly above the horses hips, or at the point where the Ahip-straps aro attached to said back-strap, a device so formed that the traces may be hooked upon it, and in the construction of the device for this purpose, as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the back-strap of the harness. B is the ring, to which the rear end of the back-strap, the upper` end of the strap C, to which the Crapper is attached, and the upper ends of the hip-straps D, are all attached.l

To the ring B are attached, or upon it are formed, two hooks, E, in such a way as to form loops t-o allow thc hip-straps D to be attached t'o said ring B, as shown in figs. 1, and 3. F are loops or half circles attached-to. or formed upon the ring B, upon both sides of the hooks E, to serve as guards to prevent the reinsfrom catching upont whiletree they are hooked upon the hooks E, as shown in figs. 2 and 3, by which they aresecurely held in place, and prcventedfrom dropping downto the ground and becoming soiled or being stepped upon by the horses.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentf The device B E F,formed by forming the hooks E and guard-loops B, constructed substantiallyas herein shown and described, and for the purpose sc The above specification of my invention, signed by me, this 22d day of January, 1

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868. STEPHEN stroUtr.

Witnesses:

W. W. W. JONES,

A. R. HAMPTON.

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